The Role of ‘Partnership’ In Supply Chain Management for Fast-Moving Consumer Goods: a Case Study
Carys Siemieniuch, FRANCIS NEIL WADDELL, Murray Sinclair · International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications · 1999
This paper reports a case study investigation which set out to identify critical human and organisational issues that could enhance or constrain any move to closer supply chain relationships or ‘partnership sourcing’. The paper begins with a brief review of general supply chain characteristics and the ‘partnership’ approach. It goes on to describe the aims of the field study and the methods applied to study aspects of the current and evolving trading relationship between a major UK supermarket and a branded manufacturer of foodstuffs. This is fallowed by a summary of the findings of the case study and an overview of the recommendations that were provided to the companies as a result of this work.